221- The oldest of the Magi speaks on behalf of them all. He explains to Mary that one night the previous December, they saw a new star of an unusual brightness appear in the sky. The maps of the sky had never [...] zodiac. And the conjunctions of the stars, the time, the season, the calculation of the hours passed and of the astronomic combinations had told them the name and the secret of the star. Its name: «Messiah» [...] was a Franciscan tertiary and a lay member of the Servants of Mary who reported personal conversations with, and dictations from, Jesus Christ. She lived much of her life bedridden in Viareggio in Tuscany
Lady of the Rosary (Pompeii, Italy, 1875) "Manna" miracle at the tomb of Saint John On May 8th, the Eastern Church celebrates the synaxis in honor of the ashes or Holy "Manna" produced by the tomb of the [...] beloved disciple of Christ, the friend who leaned upon his chest at the Last Supper, and to whom the Virgin Mary was particularly entrusted: John "the Theologian." Sometime after the burial of the holy Apostle [...] every year on the 26th of September), the disciples opened the grave, but found his tomb empty, and it became a source of miracles. On May 8th, it used to be covered with a kind of ashes, which the local
November 20 - Francis Cardinal Spellman dedicated National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington, D.C., 1959) The Power of the Rosary (II) So Montfort said: "Since you do not care to sing, recite [...] recited the Hail Mary over the ocean, and their prayers reached heaven. The rosary ended and the missionary spoke again: "Do not be afraid! Our Mother the Blessed Virgin has heard us! We are out of danger!" "Out [...] "Out of danger?" the crew screamed. "Don't you see that we are already within fire reach? "Have faith!" insisted Grignion de Montfort. At that moment there was a strong gale. The enemy ships were turned
Pellevoisin 1st Apparition (France, 1876) Our Loving Mother of Mercy (II) The second part of the apparitions in Pellevoisin began on the 1st of July 1876. At 10:15 p.m., as Estelle kneeled saying her evening [...] reciting her rosary when the Blessed Virgin came to her. Mary looked around in silence before speaking, and then she said, “You deprived yourself of my visit on August 15th because you were not calm enough
Lady of Cavadonga and Arantzazu (Spain) - Blessed Alain de la Roche (d. 1475) Angolan faithful devoted to Our Lady of Muxima since 1599 Our Lady of the Conception of Muxima, also known as Our Lady of Muxima [...] became an important place of worship for the indigenous Christian populations, known for the miraculous healings obtained through the intercession of the Virgin of Muxima. Many forms of devotions and traditions [...] from that shrine. The most important is the pilgrimage of Our Lady of the Conception of Muxima, established in 1833, which attracts thousands of pilgrims each year in late August and early September. However
6 – Feast of the Epiphany: Adoration of the Magi Meet the nuns of Bethlehem On Saturday, October 7, 2017, feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, Sister Ignael, a French nun of the Monastic Family of Bethlehem [...] Sisters of Bethlehem, the Assumption of the Virgin and Saint Bruno, were founded in 1950 in Rome after Pope Pius XII declared the promulgation of the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A few [...] months later, in 1951, the first community of Bethlehem was founded in France, and in 1976, the first community of monks of Bethlehem was established in the mountains of the Chartreuse, also in France. Today
dedicated to Our Lady of the repose of the souls in Purgatory. It owes its creation to Father Paul Buguet, born in 1843. The idea to pray for the souls of Purgatory was inspired by the Virgin Mary herself who, [...] November 16 – Our Lady of Ostra Brama (Poland and Lithuania) The only church in the world dedicated to the repose of the Souls in Purgatory Montligeon, in France, is the only church in the world dedicated [...] priest to build a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Deceased. A basilica was begun in 1896 and completed in 1911. Today, people can inscribe the name of their loved ones in a registry so they will be
October 15 - Our Lady of Terouenne (1133) - Benediction of Notre-Dame of France at Baillet-en-France (1988) Notre-Dame of France and Cardinal Verdier's Wish (II) Upon the demolition of the Pontifical-Pav [...] Vernier, Archbishop of Paris, expressed the wish that the luminous statue "Notre-Dame of France" not fall into oblivion but be erected on a hill in the Paris vicinity--as the counterpart of the Sacre Coeur [...] Fricoteaux (French lawyer and founder of the Confraternity Notre-Dame of France, +2007) managed to have the statue installed at Baillet-en-France, 11 miles north of Paris on a main highway. 52,000 people
November 20 - Francis Cardinal Spellman dedicated National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington, D.C., 1959) The Power of the Rosary (II) So Montfort said: "Since you do not care to sing, recite [...] recited the Hail Mary over the ocean, and their prayers reached heaven. The rosary ended and the missionary spoke again: "Do not be afraid! Our Mother the Blessed Virgin has heard us! We are out of danger!" "Out [...] "Out of danger?" the crew screamed. "Don't you see that we are already within fire reach? "Have faith!" insisted Grignion de Montfort. At that moment there was a strong gale. The enemy ships were turned
Pellevoisin 1st Apparition (France, 1876) Our Loving Mother of Mercy (II) The second part of the apparitions in Pellevoisin began on the 1st of July 1876. At 10:15 p.m., as Estelle kneeled saying her evening [...] reciting her rosary when the Blessed Virgin came to her. Mary looked around in silence before speaking, and then she said, "You deprived yourself of my visit on August 15th because you were not calm enough
